Lakshmi Rajan

Manjal Kozhukattai is a peculiar dish that is not common in many kitchen. It is a traditional dish of a particular one community in the southern part of Tamil nadu. The dish has a very soothing and cooling effect on the body. Ingredients: Urad dal (black gram) – 1 measure Rice – 3 measure Fenugreek seeds (methi seeds/...
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Priyadarshan is a director of contradiction. In 2008 his Tamil movie Kanichivaram won the national award and in 89’s and 90’s he has many commercially successful Malayalam movies to his credit. Then he ventured into Bollywood taking the safe route of remaking his Malayalam hits and turning many into hits again. But the problem...
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For many centuries now, Indians have known the psychic abilities of birds and animals. Western world is waking up now, after canonizing Paul, the Octopus. They may soon discover the sainthood of cows, monkeys and parrots we traditionally venerate. Of course, Meena kutti, the 8 year old parakeet is the flag-bearer for the cause...
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Maladu or Pottu kadalai urundai is an easy to make laddu variety. Ingredients: Bhuna Channa (roasted gram / pottu kadalai) Sugar Ghee Step 1: Take a measure of bhuna channa (pottu kadalai) and sugar as per your choice. Step 2: Grind bhuna channa (pottu kadalai) and sugar together into powder form. Step 3: Add ghee to the grinded flour. Step 4: Mix well to the consistency...
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When was the last time you carried bag from home when going out for shopping? When was the last time you stuffed your purchases in a cloth bag instead of the plastic one? When I was kid, the shop keepers use to wrap grocery items in paper and we used to carry cloth bags...
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When the title says I hate luv storys and the promo shows the heroine’s character as mushy mushy die-hard romantic and hero as one who hate the four letter L- word, you are pretty sure what to expect from a Bollywood movie. Under Karan Johar’s banner debutant director Punit Malhotra starts by spoofing Bollywood love...
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This is a simple, easy to make , healthy traditional snack made with black sesame seeds ( black til seeds) . In Tamil the dish is called Ellu urundai. Ingredients: Black Til (black sesame seeds) Jaggery Step 1: Roast the til (sesame seeds) in low flame till they crackle. Step 2: Grind the roasted til in mixie grinder  to...
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One year ago on this date, over a cup of piping hot ginger tea, I was chit-chatting with Divya about domain names. Earlier I had registered a domain name but was not convinced about it. We discussed a lot many names but none got our nod together. Running out of names and looking at...
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Ingredients: Wheat flour Salt as per taste Sugar as per taste (optional) Grated Coconut Step 1: Roast the wheat flour in low flame in a kadai. Step 2: Add salt to the flour . You can also add little sugar (optional) Sprinkle little water into the roasted flour.  If it gets very coarse and rough, grind it once in mixer...
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There was a director by name Mani Ratnam who gave wonderful movies with his forte being strong script and story telling. Raavan credit titles shows it is Mani Ratnam movie but the director is completely missing in this movie. Beera is a fearsome tribal leader liked and equally feared by many. Dev is posted in...
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